It is possible, but it's an insanely large amount of work, and obviously, SuSE won't support it.
If all you're trying to do is preserve your application configuration, then installing a 2nd guest and using tripwire or something like that to compare your current guest against the basic install might be the quickest way to identify what's changed and preserve those files from the old guest. Consider it similar to changing major releases of VM or Z/OS. It's about the same problem, with less support and documentation. I wouldn't try it for anything that mattered. -- db David Boyes Sine Nomine Associates > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Marist EDU > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:21 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Upgrading from S/390 SuSE 2.2.16 kernel to S/390 > SuSE 2.4.x > k erne l > > > I spent several weeks working on just that with little success. The > reqs on 2.4 are that you upgrade so many utilites (i.e. > glibc, binutils, > modutils, etc) that you run into so many little problems. > With the patches > from developerworks I was able to ALMOST get it to work but > in the end I > ended up with a non-bootable kernel. > > My conclusion was there is no reasonable way to upgrade the > kernel. The > response I got back from SuSE was that there is NO upgrade path. > > Hope someone can prove me wrong, I would rather upgrade!! > > Josh > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miller, Ila [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:42 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Upgrading from S/390 SuSE 2.2.16 kernel to S/390 SuSE 2.4.x > kerne l > > > I have installed SuSE 2.2.16 on an S/390 LPAR partition. I am running > apache and tomcat. I would like to upgrade the kernel to > SuSE 2.4.xx. Is > it possible to upgrade my system without disturbing apache > and tomcat? Is > there documentation on how to do this? Can I use YAST and > the CD images for > 2.4? Or, do I need to download the source and do make and > installs? I have > tried both ways and it doesn't seem to work. I could install > 2.4 from the > CD images the same way I installed 2.2.16, but that would destroy the > changes I have implemented into apache and tomcat. > > Ila Z. Miller > ___________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________ > Health Care Information Systems > University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 319.356.0067 > FAX: 319.356.3521 > > Notice: This e-mail (including attachments) > is covered by > the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is > confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not > the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, > distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. > Please reply to the sender that you have received the message > in error, then > delete it. Thank you. >
